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St. Pete pastors arrested at 'Black History Matters' mural as FDOT removes city street art
Creative Loafing Tampa ^ | 8/30/2025 | SS Felice

Posted on 09/01/2025 2:41:32 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat

Pastors and activists Andy Oliver and Benedict Atherton-Zeman were arrested Friday night during the state's removal of St. Petersburg's "Black History Matters" mural.

Crews from the Florida Department of Transportation arrived around 8 p.m. to paint over the mural outside the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum, according to a spokesman for the St. Petersburg Police Department. That's when Oliver and Atherton walked past police, then sat and knelt down to pray in the road and refused to move "in an attempt to block the FDOT machinery."

They were both charged with misdemeanor obstruction and "Pedestrian obstructing or hindering traffic," according to SPPD's public information officer.

(Excerpt) Read more at cltampa.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: fakechristian; florida; homosexuals; media; religion

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Yep, the media in Florida think it is great for "pastors" to obstruct law enforcement.
1 posted on 09/01/2025 2:41:32 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Who were they praying to?


2 posted on 09/01/2025 2:43:31 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Marx and his mentor Satan.


3 posted on 09/01/2025 2:46:02 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

I’m getting white liberal fatigue


4 posted on 09/01/2025 2:50:15 AM PDT by albie
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To: Recovering_Democrat

No goat sacrifice?


5 posted on 09/01/2025 5:12:57 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (אני עומד לצד ישראל. The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Who approved of that mural in the first place?


6 posted on 09/01/2025 5:17:41 AM PDT by Kleon
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To: Kleon

I’m going to guess the St. Pete city council and mayor.


7 posted on 09/01/2025 5:30:18 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Rocco DiPippo

Correct.


8 posted on 09/01/2025 5:35:17 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: albie

We all are.


9 posted on 09/01/2025 5:35:48 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Recovering_Democrat

The Christian Insurrectionists that the media was praying for and they can’t even use them. (sad trombone)


10 posted on 09/01/2025 5:36:38 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

....meanwhile 4 mothers in their congregation murdered their child in utero because these two were playing pride games and not helpibg them.

Black lives don’t matter to them, only their black-axed pride.


11 posted on 09/01/2025 6:35:11 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Recovering_Democrat

That is not a mural; a mural, by definition, is painted on a wall. Streets are not walls.


12 posted on 09/01/2025 7:36:20 AM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: Bigg Red

I’m sure you could get volunteers to work on Labor Day for this worthwhile project.


13 posted on 09/01/2025 7:45:06 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with riminalNixon?)
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If I lived in the area, I would definitely help.

I looked at an aerial photo of that government sanctioned vandalism. Such an eyesore.


14 posted on 09/01/2025 11:44:31 AM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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